[Bug 1507681] [NEW] killall with 65 arguments kills more than expected

2015-10-20 Thread Launchpad Bug Tracker
You have been subscribed to a public bug by Robie Basak (racb): killall in Precise is supposed to limit the number of arguments to 64, but due to a fencepost error, 66 arguments will be blocked but 65 is not. With 65 arguments, the behavior varies, but in some cases will send a signal to random p

[Bug 1507681] [NEW] killall with 65 arguments kills more than expected

2015-10-19 Thread Gregory Boyce
Public bug reported: killall in Precise is supposed to limit the number of arguments to 64, but due to a fencepost error, 66 arguments will be blocked but 65 is not. With 65 arguments, the behavior varies, but in some cases will send a signal to random processes. # ps xa | wc -l 164 # mkdir ~/t